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44 A River's Birthday Surprise · The Story Time With Lucky Podcast

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  Welcome back to Storytime, the Lucky Podcast.
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  Today we read, Winnie the Pooh's happy birthday to you.
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  When Boo woke up that morning, he had a jiggly excited feeling in his tummy.
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  It must be a special day. Ooh, she said, perhaps Piglet was.
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  And he trotted off to the part of the wood where Piglet lived.
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  He knocked on with a special attack. that he'd seen for days like a day that
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  piglet had that excited feeling in his tummy but he wasn't sure what day it was either,
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  christopher robin will know he said,
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  and sure enough christopher robin did that's a birthday feeling he said And
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  birthdays made parties and parties made friends and friends games and cakes.
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  Soon the whole forest knew about the birthday and everyone did something to help.
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  Owl painted a special sign. Party is here. Come quick.
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  Kanga and Roo made party biscuits.
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  Birthday! Birthday! shouted Roo, excitedly banging his little spoon.
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  But it was Piglet who had the most important job. He was making the birthday cake.
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  I hope Pooh won't eat it all, he thought, but I'll have to make a very big cake.
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  I'll have to make Esh to be sure there's enough for everyone,
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  even Rabbit and all his friends and relations.
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  How did such a small animal make a big cake? said Christopher Robin.
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  As they gathered for the birthday, Piglet smiled modestly.
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  It was the very best cake he had ever made. Now what happens?
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  Asked Eeyore gloomily.
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  It's all the fuss over. Can we go home? We've hardly started,
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  laughed Christopher Robin.
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  We must sing to him and they've asked.
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  Whose birthday is it? he asked. Hmm, said Pooh, as everyone started talking at once.
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  Rabbit thought it was Eel's birthday, and Eel thought it was Christopher Robin's,
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  but it turned out not to be anyone's birthday.
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  It must be somebody's birthday, sighed Piglet, thinking about the work he put into making a cake.
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  Since silence fell, only the sound was the river burbling.
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  Do rivers have birthdays?
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  Asked Pooh, hopefully. They sure do, smiled Christopher Robin. Let's go and find out.
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  So they went to the special part of the river where the jumpy stepping stones were.
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  As soon as they saw the water sparkling in the sun, they knew for sure that
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  it was the river's birthday.
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  And so the party preparations continued. Piglet didn't have enough puff to blow
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  up the balloons, but with a bit of help from the others.
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  Soon he had a big bunch which he tied to the branches.
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  Christopher Robin, who was the tallest and colourful,
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  bunting from trees and everyone lay out the biggest feast of them any of them had ever seen.
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  There were hoodies, sandwiches, crunchy apples and tasty cakes with cherries on the top.
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  Perhaps it was the sunshine, perhaps it was the sweet things to eat,
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  sweet things to eat, but everyone got a bit over-excited.
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  Piglet swung widely from the branches
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  of a nearby tree. Moo sang happy birthday at the top of his voice.
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  Tigger bounced like he had never bounced before, and little Moo fell asleep.
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  Among the cake crumbs.
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  Let's play past the parcel.
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  Announced christopher robin and they did sometimes the parcel was passed and
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  sometimes he was sat upon rue who only was just woken a little muddled and they
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  wanted to pass it on at all,
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  But at last, the layers were unwrapped,
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  and Piglet was the lucky winner of pencils.
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  Of all the colours of the rainbow, games are fun. Must poo.
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  It's a shame the river can't join in.
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  But then Christopher Robin had a
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  good idea. I know a game that would be impossible to do without the river.
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  He announced, Happy Birthday, River! Everyone sang as they raced little boats made out of paper.
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  Splish splash gurgle, replied the river.
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  As the breath of the wind over the water blew out.
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  The candles on the birthday cake. They all agreed it was the perfect end to the river's birthday.
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  The end and thank you for listening.